jonathan parr

laboratory technician

About

Environmental Scientist with special experience working with soils. Completed field work and extensive lab work. Also experienced in the environmental consulting and geotech work. Seeking further work with environmental consulting or natural resources.

Country

united states

City

tucson

Industry

civil engineering

Skill

data analysis, research, environmental impact assessment, botany, environmental science, environmental

Experience

field technician

conformatech

2013-4 - 2013-8 · 5 mos

Nuclear gauge density testing, concrete slump test and sampling, grout and mortar sampling, sample break limits and lab work including mineral aggregate washing, sieve analysis, atterberg limits, proctor method, one-point proctor and moisture content, AC core density, lab resistivity and remolded swell.

environmental scientist

western tech

2011-8 - 2011-10 · 3 mos

Performed Phase I site assessments, groundwater sampling

environmental scientist

terracon

2010-1 - 2011-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Phase I site assessments, asbestos sampling, environmental drilling and groundwater sampling * Geotechnical sampling and testing including field collection and identification of soils, moisture density, plasticity, sieve analysis, field and lab resistivity, swell, consolidation, field percolation, soil proctor consolidation and concrete slump test.

field botanist

u.s. geological survey (usgs)

2009-1 - 2009-1 · 1 mo

* Completed vegetation surveys for Southern Nevada Land Management Act (SNPLMA) program of USGS Yosemite Field Station in the Mojave desert * Completed small mammal survey transects through Sierra Nevada Mountain range

lab aide

pima community college

2006-1 - 2007-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Prepared labs for students that utilized extensive chemical preparation methods and chemicals

contractor

u.s. geological survey (usgs)

2010-1 - 2010-1 · 1 mo

* Collected 270 plots of soil samples throughout CA, which included texturing, horizon identification and landscape description and samples for microbial analysis * Collected organic matter samples through a transect in OR for coastal influence study * Sampled Carbon County, WY topsoil for analysis of effects of power generation infrastructure

laboratory technician

atl

2013-8 - Present · 13 yrs 2 mos

Rice/marshall/ignition, Soil lab analysis, atterberg limits, proctor method, drilling, concrete breaks

lab aide

the university of arizona

2007-1 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Prepared soil slides and micronized samples for XRD/XRF analysis * Competed database of ecological site descriptions from USDA Forest Service * Organized and managed soil biochar greenhouse experiment.